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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy unusual strap fitting. It consists of one complete square terminal, 16.5mm by 16.5mm in size, with a central circular perforation, 5mm in diameter. There is then a projecting rectangular central boss, 9.8mm in length, 7.2mm in width and 6.4mm in thickness. Finally projecting from the other side of this boss there is another flat incomplete terminal, measuring 18.3mm in surviving length and 19.4mm in width, at its incomplete edge the remains of another circular perforation can be seen. Traces of gilding can be seen on the front face of this fitting.
This strap fitting is perhaps most likely to be a decorative harness fitting, with the circular perforations originally holding rivets, now missing, which could have attached it to a leather strap. No parallel could be found and it is most likely to be medieval in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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